Safety Legislation Flashcards
employers must legally provide safe and healthful workplace, list some employer workplace safety responsibilities
- provide adequate ppe for all jobs performed
- identify risks and hazards
- set health and safety standards
- provide equipment safeguards
- provide adequate swp’s
- provide training
- audit to ensure compliance
the company is the employer in eyes of law, the people that control the work represent the company therefore responsible. what positions are these?
- board of directors
- vps
- managers and supervisors
duties of supervisors in ensuring a safe work place
- hazards are identified and controlled
- procedures are in place and followed
- training provided
- ppe available and used
- all reasonable efforts to ensure safe workplace
due diligence
ensuring that every reasonable effort has been made to comply with laws and persons under span of control have followed procedure
safety directives.
safety officers or regulatory inspectors use directives to point out they have observed non-compliance with legislation,codes,regs. usually include deadline.
- no legal obligation for compliance that goes beyond the law
- although costly and time consuming, may be appealed is legitimacy is a concern
- failure to comply can result in fines and court
why must manager review and implement safety directives
- discharge responsibility to employer
- meet ones own ethical and legal responsibilities
OHS legislation of the feds, provinces/territories is based on following 3 fundamental rights of workers
- informed of known safety hazards
- participate in prevention of occupational accidents and diseases as jhsc or as safety reps
- refuse dangerous work and protected against dismissal following legit refusal
federal ohs legislation duties of employers (10)
- ensure protective devices are provided and maintained
- ensure equipment is maintained and safe to operate
- ensure ppe is provided and used
- post copy of federal ohs act
- develop and post copy of company ohs policy
- maintain adequate h&s records
- monitor quantity of hazardous substances on site
- ensure h&s inspections are completed
- remedy hazardous conditions
- develop swp’s and ensure their use
federal ohs legislation duties of employees (5)
- take reasonable care to protect themselves and coworkers
- execute work as per swp’s
- use ppe
- no horseplay
- do not arrive to work impaired
right to know federal legislation
employees have right to know about potential hazards in the workplace
joint health and safety committees as per federal legislation
workplaces of minimum size (20 or more) are required to have jhsc made of employees and employer reps. workplaces with over 300 people are required to have a policy committee
right to refuse work legislation
employees have the right to refuse work that they feel will endanger them or coworkers. employer legally prohibited from applying any disciplinary action against worker who exercises this right. employer must investigate the concern. if no agreement is made, relevant safety officer may be called in to mediate, where a directive will be established.
inspections/audits as per federal legislation
mandated - frequency can vary. used to identify hazards as a group. should include jhsc member
accident investigation as per federal legislation
are a requirement - must be made available to jurisdictional authority and employees. should include jhsc member
disturbance of wreckage as per federal legislation
prohibited in order to facilitate investigation unless required to rescue people or prevent further asset damage
